Out-of-pocket costs still dominate hospitalisation spend despite wider insurance coverage: NSO surveyHealth insurance coverage has grown significantly in India. However, patients continue to pay most hospitalisation bills themselves. Rural ...
The myth of India’s extreme inequality: What the data gets wrongRecent studies reveal a misrepresentation of income inequality in India, challenging the commonly accepted pre-tax Gini coefficient of 0.61...
79% households fund construction via own income, informal loans: NSOA recent pilot survey reveals a striking reliance on personal funds and family loans for household construction, with nearly 79% of familie...
Private sector capex estimated to fall 16.5 pc to Rs 9.55 lakh cr in FY27: SurveyPrivate sector capital spending on new assets is projected to fall by 16.5 percent to Rs 9.55 lakh crore in 2026-27. A government survey in...
'Fewer women now doing unpaid domestic work': First Time Use Survey reveals how India's workforce dynamics have shiftedA 2024 government survey reveals increased employment participation among 15-59 year-olds, with 75% of males and 25% of females engaged in ...
Mospi: Surveys on health, labour force, telecom to start in JanuaryThe National Statistics Office (NSO) will begin three surveys in January. These include surveys on health, telecom and ICT skills, and educ...
NSO begins process to empanel survey institutionsThe National Statistics Office (NSO) has initiated a Request for Proposal (RFP) to empanel private survey institutions for conducting socio...
Unemployment declines further to 6.8% in Q4 FY23: PLFSThe unemployment rate was 6.0% for men and 9.2% for women. It was 6.5% and 9.6% for men and women respectively, in October– December 2022.A...
Unemployment rate at 9.3 per cent in January-March 2021: NSO surveyLabour force refers to the part of the population which supplies or offers to supply labour for pursuing economic activities for the produc...
Economic Survey's GDP growth forecast for FY20 wide off projectionIt is for the second consecutive time that NSO's GDP estimate is significantly lower than the projection made in the survey prepared by the...
NSO survey finds big rural-urban divide in computer, internet useThe survey on ‘Household Social Consumption: Education’ conducted by the NSO showed that in rural areas, among persons of 5 years and above...
Average medical expenditure at private hospitals seven-times higher than government ones: NSO Survey"In government/public hospitals, the expenditure was about Rs 4,452 (about Rs 4,290 in rural and Rs 4,837 in urban areas). In private hospi...
India's 2.2% population suffering from disability: NSO survey for July-Dec 2018The NSO, a wing of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has conducted a Survey of Persons with Disabilities during July...
77.7% literacy rate among those above 7 years of age during July 2017 to June 2018: NSO SurveyThe literacy rate among those in the age group of seven years and above was recorded at 77.7 per cent during July 2017-June 2018 in the cou...
Urban unemployment rate fell in January-March 2019, official data revealsThe numbers are likely to provide relief to a govt reeling under sharp criticism over lack of jobs.
'Modinomics' stinks so bad, govt has to hide its own reports: Rahul gandhiA media report cited the latest consumption expenditure survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO) to claim that consumer spending fel...
MoSPI committee on restructuring to suggest modifications in one monthThe eight-member committee is constituted to “recommend the operational level modifications to be made for giving effect to the restructuri...